18. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19. With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried,dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
20. “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,and lift up your voice in Bashan;cry out from Abarim,for all your lovers are destroyed.
21. I spoke to you in your prosperity,but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth,that you have not obeyed my voice.
22. The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and confoundedbecause of all your evil.
23. O inhabitant of Lebanon,nested among the cedars,how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!”
24. “As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
25. and give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.